Then-Spc. Ty M. Carter provides security for Afghans voting in 2009, from halfway up North Face Mountain near Combat Outpost Keating. Carter is set to receive the Medal of Honor Aug. 26.

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Michelle Tan
Military Times

The battle at Combat Outpost Keating remains one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. forces since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan - and it is the first battle to produce two Medal of Honor recipients since the Battle of Mogadishu almost 20 years ago.

On Oct. 3, 2009, a force of about 50 Americans faced down as many as 400 enemy fighters intent on overrunning COP Keating in eastern Afghanistan.

Outnumbered and outgunned, the soldiers fought for hours, successfully fending off the enemy attack. Eight soldiers were killed and about two dozen others were wounded. ...